Flat-iron handle attachment.



No. 703,699. 4 Pate nted July I, I902.

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FLAT'|RON HANDLE ATTACHMENT.

(Application filed June 13, 1901.) (No Iodeh) Hdiigesses I Q lp egior 6%n q fg y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY GREENWOOD, OF BARNESBORO, PENNSYLVANIA.

FLAT-IRON HAN DLE ATTACH M ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming art of Letters Patent 'No. 703,699, dated July 1,1902.

Application filed J one 13, 1901-.

T0 00 whom it may conccrit: 7

Be it known that I, HARRY. GREEN OOD,- a citizen of the United States,residing at Barnesboro, in the county of Oambria and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Flat-Iron HandleAttachment, of which the following-is a specification.

This invention relates to attachments for fiat-irons having removablehandles; and the purpose of the same is to provide simple and efiectivemeans for supporting the iron in such manner that its pressingface willbeheld out of contact and clear of the surface of the adjacentsupporting-base engaged by the attachments, the attachments beingadjustable to adapt them for application to different sizes offlat-irons.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of theseveral parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a flat-iron of anapproved form with my improvement attached thereto. Fig. 2 is an endview with the fiat-iron turned on its side. Fig. 3 is a sectional detailof the bandle, illustrating the manner of connecting the attachment.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts in the several views.

The numeral 1 designates the usual fiatiron body, 2 the base of thehandle portion, and 3 the usual attaching means for said portion. Thebase 2 of the handle portion is formed with elevated ends 4 and 5, towhich the arcuate handle 6 is connected by screws 6 in the usual manner.Between the ends of. the arcuate handle 6 and the elevated ends 4 and 5of the base 2 transverse recesses or grooves 8 are formed, in which theopposite parallel side members of wire loops 9 and 10 are adjustablysupported and fixedly held when the ends of the handle 6 are'secured tothe ends 4 and 5, the said grooves being formed in the ends of thehandle, and one member 11 and 12, respectively, of the loops 9 and 10being extended in a straight plane and merging into an angularly-bentmember 11 and 12, respectively, of the two attachments and which areparallel with the adjacent side portions of the body of the iron SerialNo. 64,448. (Nb model.)

when applied in operative position. The

members 11 and 12, respectively, continue into inwardly-curved bends orextensions 13 and 14, which when the iron is turned sidewise, as shownby Fig. 2, will be in the same planeas the saidmembers 11 and 12, so asto rest fiaton a supporting-base. The ter- 'minals 15 and 16 ofthecurved extensions 13 and 14 are curved or looped at an angle to theplane occupied by said extensions.

It will be seen that theloops 9 and 10 provide means forimmovablyholding the attachments after the securement of the handle 6tothe ends 4 and 5 is effected, and, furthermore, the said loops preventthe attachments from having a rotating or displacing movement. Byloosening the screws 6 the loops 9 and 10 can be adjusted transverselyin relation to the handle ends and ends 4and 5, as may be desired orfound necessary in different applications of the improved device, andparticularly when the attachments are applied to irons of differentsizes.

-The attachments will be preferably constructed of steel wire and may beplated or japanned or otherwise ornamented. The attachments are alsocapable of being independently adjusted to suit differentforms of ironsand to compensate for a variation in the center of gravity in accordancewith a preponderance of material in different parts'of the iron body.

. What I claim as new is- 1. The, combination with a flat-iron, of apair of supporters therefor independently adjustable in relationthereto, each supporter having an upper elongated looped extremity, themembers of said extremities being parallel and forming two oppositeindependent bearing portions adapted to be adjustably inserted betweenthe handle ends and thebody of said iron for preventing rotativemovement of the-supporters, one member of the looped extremity beingcontinued into an outwardlyprojecting straight extension merging into anangularly-bent portion which lies normally parallel with the side of theiron, said bent portion being continued into an inwardlycurved extensionin the same plane as the bent portion for providing an extended rest forthe iron.

2. The combination of a flat-iron having elevated portions at oppositeextremities for attachment of a handle, a handle having a pair oftransverse grooves in each end which are closed when the handle ends aresecured to said elevated portions, and a pair of supports havingelongated loops engaging said grooves, the members of said loops beingparallel and forming opposite bearing portions for preventing rotationthereof, one member of each loop being projected in the form of astraight extension having an angularly-bent outer end extending normallyparallel with the side of the iron, said extension having inwardlycurvedextremities.

3. Means for supportinga flat-iron comprising two members, each memberbeing independently adjustable in relation to the iron and provided withan upper elongated looped 1 HARRY GREENWOOD.

\Vitnesses:

E. P. BROWN, D. CHARLSON.

